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The Backpacker Murders Pt. 2

Serial Killers

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The Unmanageable Mystery of the Malat Family

In November of 1993, the Australian state of New South Wales was gripped by the panic of just such an amorphous, unmanageable story. Seven decomposed bodies were pulled from the Bylangalo State Forest; it was suspected that the killer or killers picked the victims up as they hitchhiked around Australia. During the course of their investigation, task force air sieved through evidence and tips from the public,. Interestingly, their search brought them to an entire family, the Malats.

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